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     Violet Ada Weidman was born on 19 August 1920 at Roberts, Carbon Co., Montana. She was the daughter of William Frederick Weidman and Jane Walker. Violet Ada Weidman lived in August 1937 at Roberts, Carbon Co., Montana.¹ She married Ronald Lavorne Crooks on 25 November 1939 at Columbia, Richland Co., South Carolina. Violet Ada Weidman married Harry Francis Kitsmiller on 23 October 1952 at Billings, Yellowstone Co., Montana. Violet Ada Weidman and Ronald Lavorne Crooks were divorced on 2 December 1952 at Billings, Yellowstone Co., Montana. Violet Ada Weidman and Harry Francis Kitsmiller were divorced in August 1967 at Santa Clara Co., California. Violet Ada Weidman lived in February 1994 at Denver, Colorado.² She died on 4 December 2007 at Englewood, Arapahoe Co., Colorado, at age 87.³

Violet Kitsmiller

KITSMILLER, VIOLET ADA August 19, 1920-December 4, 2007. “Vi” passed away after 87 years of living life to the fullest. She is survived by her daughter, Ronna Dee Kismiller, and her son, James Phillip Kitsmiller, GMC U.S. Navy; her twin sister, Viola Nada Masterson, and her sister, Jane Mann of Helena, Montana; 2 grandchildren; 4 great-grandchildren; and numerous nieces and nephews. Memorial services to be held on Dec. 14th at 6:00 p.m. at Crown Hill Pavilion of Reflection, W. 29th and Wadsworth.
Published in: Denver Post from December 12, 2007 to December 13, 2007
https://www.denverpost.com/obituaries/violet-kitsmiller-co/.³

     William Frederick Weidman was born on 4 April 1868 at St. Louis, Missouri. He was born on 4 April 1871 at Manchester, St. Louis Co., Missouri.² He was the son of Henry Weidman and Mary Benyas.¹ William Frederick Weidman married Jane Walker, daughter of Charles Green Walker and Malissa A. Elder, on 21 March 1903 at Livingston, Park Co., Montana. The cause of death was cerebral trauma in an automobile accident, severe cuts and lacerations on head and neck.³

William Frederick Weidman died on 19 December 1934 at Stillwater Hospital, Columbus, Stillwater Co., Montana, at age 63.^3,2

ROBERTS FARMER DIES IN COLUMBUS MISHAP, FLYING GLASS CUTS JUGULAR VEIN WHEN CAR COLLIDES WITH A TRUCKLOAD OF BALED HAY
William F. Weidman, 63, farmer in the Roberts neighborhood for the past 27 years, died early Wednesday in a Columbus hospital from injuries received about midnight in an auto- mobile accident just this side of Columbus. Flying glass from the collision of the machine in which he was riding with a truckload of hay cut his throat, severing a jugular vein.
The injured man was taken to the Columbus hospital but surgical skill was unequal to the task. Weidman had driven to Columbus from Roberts Tuesday night, with a Harris boy as driver, to meet Mrs. Weidman and Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Weidman, son and daughter-in-law, who were returning from a visit in Butte. After taking them from the train the party started home in the Harris machine.
Just after leaving the Yellowstone bridge this side of Columbus the car collided with the truckload of baled hay, glaring lights contributing to the accident. Weidman opened the door of the car as the glass struck him and stepped or fell onto the roadway and from there rolled down the high, steep bank of the bridge approach. Bruised and bleeding he was taken from there to the hospital. No other occupants of the car were injured.
The body was brought to Red Lodge Wednesday morning and is at the Martin funeral parlors. Funeral arrangements have not yet been Imade. Surviving are the widow and several sons and daughters.
Weidman was a native of Missouri, born in 1871 near St. Louis. He came to Montana in 1898, settling near Big Timber, where he lived for nine years, and from there came to Roberts to engage in ranching and stock raising.
The Picket-Journal (Red Lodge, Montana)
Thu, Dec 20, 1934 ·Page 1,8.⁴


He was buried on 22 December 1934 at Roberts Cemetery, Roberts, Carbon Co., Montana.²

RITES CONDUCTED FOR WM. WEIDMAN, ACCIDENT VICTIM, Roberts Rancher Died At Columbus Hospital From Injuries
Funeral services for William F. Weidman, 62-year-old Roberts rancher who died at a Columbus hospital early last Wednesday from injuries received in an automobile accident near there the previous Evening, were conducted at the Roberts Methodist-Episcopal church at 1:30 p. m. Saturday, the Rev. H. W. Woods of Red Lodge officiating. Interment was in the Roberts cemetery.
Together with Lawrence Harris, 14, also of Roberts, and in a car belonging to young Harris' father, Ned Harris, Mr. Weidman had motored to Columbus Tuesday afternoon to meet his wife and his son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Weidman, and their child, who were returning from a visit with relatives and friends at Butte.
Leaving Columbus for Roberts with young Harris driving the machine, the party had proceeded to a point a few rods south of the Yellowstone bridge on the Columbus- Absarokee highway when they encountered a truck loaded with baled hay and driven by Bill Cosgrove, a Flaherty Flat rancher. In attempting to pass, the Harris machine struck the baled hay, projecting from the side of the truck, swung over and went into the ditch. The car did not turn over and it is believed Mr. Weidman either jumped from the machine or was thrown out by the impact.
A flying piece of glass from a broken car window severed an artery in his throat and, although he regained his feet without aid, believing that he was unhurt, others present quickly ascertained the extent of his injuries and he was immediately rushed to a hospital at Columbus by C. J. Spalding, Stillwater county agent, who was driving directly behind the Harris machine. He succumbed there at 6:45 a. m. Wednesday.
Other participants in the car crash escaped serious injuries.
Mr. Weidman was a native of Missouri, where he was born April 4, 1872. He had operated a ranch one mile east of Roberts for the past 28 years. He was a member of the Lutheran church at Manchester, Mo. Besides the widow, and son, Kenneth, other immediate survivors include six daughters and another son, William, Jr., of Roberts. The daughters are Violet, Viola and Jane Weidman, all of Roberts, and Mrs. Jewell Street, Mrs. Helen Rissler and Mrs. Nellie Dodge, all of Casper, Wyo.
Mr. Weidman also leaves two sisters, Mrs. Mary Schumacher and Miss Adelia Weidman and two brothers, George and Henry Weidman. All reside at St. Louis, Mo.
Carbon County News (Red Lodge, Montana)
Wed, Dec 26, 1934 ·Page 1.⁵

     William Frederick Weidman Jr. was born on 27 January 1915 at Roberts, Carbon Co., Montana.^1,2,3,4 He was the son of William Frederick Weidman and Jane Walker. William Frederick Weidman Jr. lived in August 1937 at Roberts, Carbon Co., Wyoming.⁵ He lived in 1942 at Livingston, Park Co., Montana.¹ He married Gertrude Margaret Jarrett, daughter of Carl Jarrett and Nora Speak, on 5 October 1942 at Bozeman, Gallatin Co., Montana.^1,4 William Frederick Weidman Jr. was a Truck Driver.²

Bill Weidman Critically Hurt In Fall Down Elevator Shaft
William (Bill) Weidman, an employe of the Tucker Distributing company, sustained severe injuries Friday afternoon in a fall down the service elevator shaft at the Park hotel.
He was rushed to the Park hospital, where attendants reported this afternoon that his condition remained critical. They reported he sustained a compound skull fracture, the most serious at the base of the skull, and is suffering from shock. No X-rays had been taken late this afternoon.
Weidman was delivering beer to the Park hotel lounge at the time the accident occurred. When he entered the hotel to open a door leading to the storage room he noticed the door to the elevator shaft was open and apparently the cage was at the first-floor level. However, the elevator was being used by an employee of the laundry making deliveries to the second floor of the hotel. Hotel employes reported the safety door had not been closed.
Weidman stepped into the open shaft and plunged headlong to the concrete floor of the basement, nine feet and two inches below.
When Weidman failed to return to the truck, a fellow employe, Ray McGaugh, entered the hotel to investigate. He reported he found Weidman in a dazed condition on the basement floor.
Weidman, he said, had apparently crawled on his hands and knees from the elevator shaft.
Weidman was rushed to the hospital where the seriousness of his injuries was ascertained.
Members of his family said today that in addition to the critical skull fractures Weidman also sustained an arm injury. They said his right arm appears to be paralyzed.
Livingston Enterprise (Livingston Enterprise)
Sat, Nov 11, 1950 ·Page 1.⁶


He died on 18 November 1950 at Park Hospital, Livingston, Park Co., Montana, at age 35.^2,3 The cause of death was Respiratory Failure for 10 minutes, due to increased intercranial pressure for 10 minutes, due to skull fracture.
Fell down an open elevator shaft at the Park Hotel. He suffered a compound fracture of the skull in the fall from the first floor of the hotel through a freight elevator shaft to the basement floor.²

He was buried on 22 November 1950 at Mountain View Cemetery, Livingston, Park Co., Montana.^2,3

Wm. F. Weidman Dies Of Injuries Suffered in Fall
William F. Weidman. 35, died in the Park hospital Saturday evening of injuries suffered afternoon of Nov. 10, when fell down an open elevator shaft at the Park hotel.
Funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon from the Franzen chapel by Rev. Louis L. Ortmayer of the Methodist church, followed by burial in Mountain View cemetery.
Music was by Ethel and Vic Speak. Active pallbearers were Jack Taylor, Raymond Nelson, Paul Dakkins, Ray McGough, William Lammon and L. W. Stetson. Honorary pallbearers were J. K. Maroney, Earl Tucker, John Heath, Walter E. Engler, William Davidson, L. E. Boe, Pete Phelps, George Stebbins, B. L. Obert, and B.B. Bartelino.
Military rites were conduct at the graveside by Park Post No. 23, American Legion.
Mr. Weidman suffered a compound fracture of the skull in the fall from the first floor of the hotel through a freight elevator shaft to the basement floor. He rallied only slightly before death came.
Born Jan. 27, 1915, at Roberts, he came to Livingston in 1937. He had been employed by the Thompson Yards and by the Combination in the past, and was employed by the Tucker Distributing company when his fatal incident occurred.
He saw service in World War II, in the air forces, for more than three years.
He married Gertrude Jarrett Oct. 5, 1942, in Bozeman, and their home had been in Livingston since. He was a member the Methodist church and of Park post No. 23, American Legion.
He leaves his widow; one daughter, Barbara, aged six; seven sisters, Mrs. C.R. Cummings, Mrs. W. H. Rissler and Mrs. Ronald Crooks of Casper, Wyo., Mrs. George Warfel of Hyatteville, Wyo., Mrs. Thomas Masterson of Denver, Colo., Mrs. Cloycie Mann of Helena and Mrs. S. M. Dodge of Yakima, Wash; a brother, Kenneth E. Weidman, Sr., of Livingston, and several nieces and nephews.
The Park County News (Livingston, Montana)
Thu, Nov 23, 1950 ·Page 8.⁴




Damage Suit Filed in Court Here
Gertrude Weidman Asks $34,000 in Action Against Loren Hays

Damages in the amount of $34,000 as the result of the death of her husband. William Frederick Weidman, are asked by Gertrude Weidman in a suit filed this morning in district court here against Loren H. Hays, lessee of the Park hotel.
The complaint was filed by Sherman Smith of Helena, attorney for the plaintiff.
Weidman died in the Park hospital here last Nov. 18, eight days after sustaining injuries in a fall down an elevator shaft at the local hotel.
Mrs. Weidman, as administrator of her husband's estate, claims in the complaint that the fatal injuries resulted from 'careless, reckless and negligent acts of the defendant."
The complaint states that on Nov. 10, 1950, while delivering beer to the hotel lounge. Weidman fell down the elevator shaft, dropping approximately 12 feet and sustaining fractures of the skull and a large laceration on the head.
"As a result of the fall and as a direct and proximate result of careless, reckless and negligent acts of the defendant," the complaint reads, "he (Weidman) died Nov. 18, 1950."
The plaintiff claims the wooden gate or barricade used in connection with the elevator was in a mechanically defective condition and that the defendant knew, or should have known, it was defective. It is further alleged that the defendant did not warn Weidman that the elevator was not at the ground floor, but permitted him to step through space, and that the defendant failed to provide proper lights, or any lights, in the vicinity of the elevator shaft.
In addition to damages totaling $34,000, the plaintiff asks costs and disbursements of the action.
Livingston Enterprise (Livingston, Montana)
Wed, Jan 31, 1951 -Page 1.⁷



$34,000 Suit Filed Against Hays In Weidman Death
Mrs. Gertrude Weidman has filed suit in district court here asking $34,000 damages and costs from Loren Hays, lessee of the Park hotel.
The damages are sought due to the death of Mrs. Weidman’s husband, Wm. F. Weidman, from injuries in a fall down an elevator shaft in the hotel last Nov. 18.
Mrs. Weidman, as administratrix of her husband's estate, charges "careless, reckless and negligent acts” on the part of the defendant.
The complaint states Weidman, while delivering beer to the hotel lounge, fell down the elevator shaft; that the gate to the elevator was mechanically defective, and no lights were in the vicinity of the elevator shaft.
The Park County News (Livingston, Montana)
Thu, Feb 08, 1951 ·Page 4.⁸



Damage Suit Settled For $6,000
A damage suit filed Jan. 31, 1951, in district court here by Gertrude Weidman, plaintiff, against Loren H. Hays, defendant, asking $34,000 in damages has been settled out of court for $6,000, according to records filed Saturday with Clerk of the Court George Mason.
In the records filed Saturday, Mrs. Weidman was granted permission to sign a legal release on behalf of herself as administratrix of the estate of the late William F. Weidman and an behalf of her daughter Barbara Jeanne, 7.
The original suit arose from an accident Nov. 10, 1950, when Weidman fell down an elevator shaft at the Park hotel, operated by Hays. The injured man died eight days later in a local hospital. At the time of the accident. Weidman, employed by the Tucker Distributing company, was delivering beer to the hotel. He sustained a compound skull fracture in falling nine feet two inches to a concrete basement floor.
Livingston Enterprise (Livingston, Montana)
Mon, Aug 11, 1952 -Page 1.⁹

     Evelyn D. Weidmann married Louis F. Strothkamp. Evelyn D. Weidmann was born on 22 March 1896 at St. Louis Co., Missouri.¹ She was the daughter of Henry John Weidmann and Pauline Eschenbrenner. Evelyn D. Weidmann died on 7 September 1964 at Kirkwood, St. Louis Co., Missouri, at age 68.¹ She was buried at Saint Joseph Parish Cemetery, Manchester, St. Louis Co., Missouri.¹

     Henry John Weidmann also went by the name of Hy Mike. He was born on 2 May 1866 at St. Louis Co., Missouri.^1,2 He was the son of Henry Weidman and Mary Benyas. Henry John Weidmann married Pauline Eschenbrenner. Henry John Weidmann was a Farmer.² He died on 6 September 1955 at 431 Hill Avenue, Manchester, St. Louis Co., Missouri, at age 89.^2,1 The cause of death was Carcinoma of Stomach.² He was buried at Saint John United Church of Christ Cemetery, Manchester, St. Louis Co., Missouri.¹

     Tina S. Weikart married Robert Perkins, son of Robert L. Perkins and Dorothy Evans-Kay, on 29 May 1981.

     Donna Marie Weiland married Dennis Robert Seiz, son of Thomas Robert Seiz and Ruth Evelyn Tiederman, on 5 December 1970 at Milwaukee Co., Wisconsin.

     Gayle Arlene Weir was born on 3 August 1947 at Fresno Co., California. She married Gary Wayne Freeman, son of William Forest Reynolds and Lottie Maxine Warfel, on 24 August 1973 at Reno, Washoe Co., Nevada. Gayle Arlene Weir died in 2018.

     Lillian Jane Weir was born on 4 August 1898 at Nova Scotia, Canada.¹ She married Lee Earl Ellsworth, son of Frederick Augustus Ellsworth and Carrie E. Jacobs, in 1926. Lillian Jane Weir died on 16 December 1979 at Nashua, Hillsborough Co., New Hampshire, at age 81.¹ She was buried at Forest Dale Cemetery, Malden, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts.¹

     Wilma Geraldine Weiser was born on 30 November 1914 at Buckhart Twsp., Christian Co., Illinois.¹ She married Dorice Leorrin Richardson, son of Lyman Glenn Richardson and Maud Elizabeth Harrod, in 1937 at Stonington, Christian Co., Illinois.¹ Wilma Geraldine Weiser graduated in 1937 at Stonington High School, Stonington, Christian Co., Illinois. She died on 17 May 2005 at St. John's Hospital, Springfield, Sangamon Co., Illinois, at age 90.¹ She was buried at Edinburg Cemetery, Edinburg, Christian Co., Illinois.¹

     Laura B. Welch was born on 3 April 1882 at Missouri.¹ She married Gurney Ralph Gaines, son of Thomas Monroe Gaines and Sarah Elizabeth Warfel. Laura B. Welch died on 3 February 1923 at Dent Co., Missouri, at age 40.¹ She was buried at Miner Cemetery, Salem, Dent Co., Missouri.¹

     Daniel J. Wellehan Jr. married Jane Mary Costello, daughter of Russell Hill Costello and Jane H. Cassidy, on 1 August 1959 at Maine.

     Deirdre Wellehan is the daughter of Daniel J. Wellehan Jr. and Jane Mary Costello. Deirdre Wellehan married Mark Lacambra.

     Jane Wellehan is the daughter of Daniel J. Wellehan Jr. and Jane Mary Costello. Jane Wellehan married David Ruff.

     Katie Wellehan is the daughter of Daniel J. Wellehan Jr. and Jane Mary Costello. Katie Wellehan married Martin Clark.

     Lila Wellehan is the daughter of Mary Wellehan.

     Mary Wellehan is the daughter of Daniel J. Wellehan Jr. and Jane Mary Costello.

     Shauna Wellehan is the daughter of Daniel J. Wellehan Jr. and Jane Mary Costello. Shauna Wellehan married David Damboise.

     Sheila Ann Wellehan is the daughter of Daniel J. Wellehan Jr. and Jane Mary Costello.

     Male Weller married Mary Catherine Steinberg, daughter of George Edward Steinberg Sr. and Mary F. Harn.

     Barbara Welling married Steven Michael Harn, son of Paul Henry Harn Jr. and Dorothy Jean Fusaro.¹

     Harry Richard Welling also went by the name of Red. He was born on 25 May 1921 at Vanderbilt, Fayette Co., Pennsylvania.¹ He married Theda Rose Toland, daughter of Walter Sherwood Toland and Hazel Frances Holmes, on 3 January 1942. Harry Richard Welling died on 4 September 1993 at Washington, Washington Co., Pennsylvania, at age 72.¹ He was buried at Greene County Memorial Park, Morgan Twsp., Greene Co., Pennsylvania.¹

     Austin Clinton Wells is the son of Clinton Sanford Wells and Robyn Taylor.

     Beuford Faye Wells was born on 30 September 1925 at Kearney Co., Nebraska. He married Pearl Pauline Fellows, daughter of Paul Eugene Fellows and Annie Pearl DeLaet, on 30 March 1947 at Holdrege, Phelps Co., Nebraska. Beuford Faye Wells died on 27 January 1994 at Kearney, Buffalo Co., Nebraska, at age 68.¹ He was buried at Kearney Cemetery, Kearney, Buffalo Co., Nebraska.¹

     Clayton Wells is the son of Beuford Faye Wells and Pearl Pauline Fellows.

     Clinton Sanford Wells married Robyn Taylor. Clinton Sanford Wells was born on 2 July 1953 at Marshalltown, Marshall Co., Iowa.¹ He was the son of Beuford Faye Wells and Pearl Pauline Fellows. Clinton Sanford Wells married Julie Ann Slaughter circa 1972 at Nebraska. Clinton Sanford Wells lived in December 2007 at Kearney, Buffalo Co., Nebraska.² He died on 18 November 2016 at Mount Carmel Home and Rehabilitation Center, Kearney, Buffalo Co., Nebraska, at age 63.¹ He was buried at Kearney Cemetery, Kearney, Buffalo Co., Nebraska.¹

     Deanna Wells married John C. Hamilton. Deanna Wells was born on 25 October 1950 at Kearney, Buffalo Co., Nebraska.¹ She was the daughter of Beuford Faye Wells and Pearl Pauline Fellows. Deanna Wells died on 28 August 2007 at Beatrice Manor, Beatrice, Gage Co., Nebraska, at age 56.¹ She was buried at Kearney Cemetery, Kearney, Buffalo Co., Nebraska.¹

     Gaylene Wells is the daughter of Beuford Faye Wells and Pearl Pauline Fellows. Gaylene Wells married Robert Jeffries circa 1970 at Nebraska.

     Ladonia Wells was the daughter of Lindsay Wells and Mary Simmons.² Ellen Dorcas Harn Manuscript. Ladonia Wells married Allen Farguhar D. Harn Jr., son of Dr. Allen Duval Harn and Josephine Camp, on 24 March 1897 at Colorado City, Mitchell Co., Texas. Ladonia Wells died in February 1919.³ Following obituary for Ladonia Wells Harn, in Weimar Mercury Newspaper, February 14, 1919, page 1 :

After an illness of two weeks from double pneumonia, Mrs. Donia Wills Harn, eldest daughter of Mrs. M. A. Wills of this city and wife of Mr. A. H. Harn of Grand Saline, Texas, passed away Thursday of last week, and the remains were brought here for interment last Friday afternoon in the Odd Fellows' Cemetery. Many sympathizing friends met the remains at the deport and attended the funeral. Rev. G. T. Hester, local Methodist pastor, officiated at the grave, and preached a most touching burial service. "Miss Donia", as she was familiarly known to our people, lived here up to the time of her marriage to Mr. Harn, and was at one time one of the teacher of the Weimar High School. A sweet, lovable girl, possessed of a most gentle, lovable disposition, our people learned to love her very dearly. As a wife she was kind, loving and thoughtful; as a daughter, she was all that a mother could desire, and only the mother and the Savior above know the many loving ministrations she ever showered upon the grey-haried mother at home. She was an ideal wife, an ideal daughter, and one whose friendship was indeed to be prized. To the deeply bereaved husband, mother and family our heartfelt sympathy is extended.
Burial: Weimar Masonic Cemetery, Weimar, Colorado County, Texas, USA.² She died in February 1919 at Weimar, Colorado Co., Texas.² She was buried in February 1919 at Weimar Masonic Cemetery, Weimar, Colorado Co., Texas.^3,2

     Lindsay Wells married Mary Simmons, daughter of John Simmons and Martha Susana Insall.¹